C-Speak: The Language of Executives
PNC C-Speak: The Language of Executives, features frank and lively conversations on leadership and life. Hosted by Carolyn Jones, market president and publisher of the Boston Business Journal, far left; Jon Bernstein, regional president of PNC Bank; and Saskia Epstein, senior vice president, client and community relations, with PNC Bank, each episode profiles a well-known local business leader and explores their personal career path and today’s most pertinent business topics. Hear their stories, including pivotal highlights from their lives and forward-thinking insights. Listen here and subscribe to PNC C-Speak at Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
C-Speak: The Language of Executives
Christina Gordon, CEO of the Women’s Foundation of Boston, on her “economic empowering” mission for women and girls
Christina Gordon’s pivotal “aha moment” surfaced during a college class on at-risk children.
“We discovered research had shown that the strongest variable for success for a high-risk child was maternal education,” Gordon recalls. If women were educated, their “children would have better lives.”
In this episode of the PNC C-Speak podcast, Gordon, CEO and co-founder of the nonprofit Women’s Foundation of Boston, explains how the organization helps under-resourced women and girls statewide.
Gordon says the foundation is “the only large, multiyear funder to women and girls serving nonprofits in our state by pooling dollars from different donors including individuals, corporations and foundations.”
“I love being in the women and girls space, particularly in the economic empowering part of it,” she says.
Tune in to this episode of the PNC C-Speak podcast to learn more about:
- The foundation’s approach to funding for grants (7:54)
- Gordon’s “secret sauce” as a leader (22:09)
- Gordon’s wish for Massachusetts (38:49)